Kiss Me, I'm Virtual: Difference between revisions

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* [[Digital Avatar|Characters]] in a [[Virtual Worlds|lifelike simulation]];

* Character in a [[Lotus Eater Machine|dreamworld or hallucination]];

* [[Hologram~~|Holograms~~]] of real or artificial people in the real world (expect being unable to touch each other to be especially maddening, unless [[Hard Light]] is involved);

* [[Hologram]]s of real or artificial people in the real world (expect being unable to touch each other to be especially maddening, unless [[Hard Light]] is involved);

* "[[Brain Uploading|Personality downloads]]" or [[Artificial Human|duplicates]] of an often still-living person;

* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots|Lifelike robots]];

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* The whole point of ''[[Chobits]]'' is whether or not the love interest is an example of this trope or something more.

* Pretty much the main theme of Ken Akamatsu's early work ''[[A.I. Love You]]''.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]!'' [[Robot Girl]] Chachamaru has a bit of a crisis regarding the veracity of her soul, (pacts require a soul to work, and kissing is the easiest way to establish one,) until Negi decides ~~to -- essentially -- kiss~~ her hard enough to cause a localized explosion, [[Beyond the Impossible|and possibly ''create'' her soul in the process]]. Hey, it worked, right?

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]!'' [[Robot Girl]] Chachamaru has a bit of a crisis regarding the veracity of her soul, (pacts require a soul to work, and kissing is the easiest way to establish one,) until Negi decides to—essentially—kiss her hard enough to cause a localized explosion, [[Beyond the Impossible|and possibly ''create'' her soul in the process]]. Hey, it worked, right?

* ''[[Video Girl Ai]]''

* Ruon Kamiyama from ''[[Mnemosyne]]'' is a virtual reality sex doll. Things get difficult when she goes all [[Yandere]] over Teruki and downloads herself into an android body to meet him in [[Real Life]].

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* According to rumor, Electro once tried to convince a shape-shifting prostitute to take [[Spider-Man]]'s form. Significant [[Foe Yay]] there.

** I heard he wanted [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Invisible Woman]] or [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Scarlet Witch]].

* [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The android Vision and the Scarlet Witch.]] They were happily married in the 80's, with the Vision finally [[Humanity Ensues|getting his act together and becoming very human.]] Then [[Executive Meddling|some of the creators]] decided the idea was [[~~Squick|squicky~~]] and broke them up in just about the cruellest way imaginable. Specifically, they [[Diabolus Ex Machina|took away the Vision's emotions and revealed that their children were actually illusions created by demons, which then promptly disappeared.]] Wanda had a nervous breakdown later; [[Sarcasm Mode|hard to imagine why.]]

* [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The android Vision and the Scarlet Witch.]] They were happily married in the 80's, with the Vision finally [[Humanity Ensues|getting his act together and becoming very human.]] Then [[Executive Meddling|some of the creators]] decided the idea was [[squick]]y and broke them up in just about the cruellest way imaginable. Specifically, they [[Diabolus Ex Machina|took away the Vision's emotions and revealed that their children were actually illusions created by demons, which then promptly disappeared.]] Wanda had a nervous breakdown later; [[Sarcasm Mode|hard to imagine why.]]

* [[Incredible Hulk|Bruce Banner]] once built an A.I. called the Recordasphere that looked like a little flying silver ball. It faithfully followed him around on his adventures for a short time, but then fell in love with him and became insanely jealous of his then-girlfriend. It tried unsuccessfully to kill her, and got destroyed in the process.

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* ''[[Andromeda]]'' episode "The Mathematics of Tears" revolves around a sentient warship that fell in love with her captain, {{spoiler|refused to obey him when he ordered her to self-destruct, blew up the planet he was on, and went insane. In that order.}}

* ''[[Babylon 5]]''. In "River of Souls" Captain Lockley is very unamused when she discovers a popular hologram (especially [[Even the Girls Want Her|amongst women]]) in a virtual reality brothel is modeled on herself.

* In the first episode of ''[[NCIS]]'''s third season, {{spoiler|the recently deceased Caitlin "Kate" Todd}} appears in the form of hallucinations to the ~~others -- in~~ Tony and McGee's case in fetishistic outfits. In the first case, it's a schoolgirl outfit. Just as Tony is about to mentally remove her clothes, he's interrupted by <s>another sexual fantasy</s> [[Hot Amazon|Ziva David]]'s first entrance to the NCIS headquarters.

* In the first episode of ''[[NCIS]]'''s third season, {{spoiler|the recently deceased Caitlin "Kate" Todd}} appears in the form of hallucinations to the others—in Tony and McGee's case in fetishistic outfits. In the first case, it's a schoolgirl outfit. Just as Tony is about to mentally remove her clothes, he's interrupted by <s>another sexual fantasy</s> [[Hot Amazon|Ziva David]]'s first entrance to the NCIS headquarters.

* In the ''[[CSI]]'' episode "A Space Oddity", Hodges bumps into Wendy Simms at a sci-fi convention. He has a number of ''[[Star Trek]]''-style (yes, Sixties ''Star Trek'') fantasies involving him as a "Kirk" style figure and Wendy... er... not wearing very much. One time the fantasy led to him starting a small fire and Wendy guesses on the entire structure of his hallucination.

* ''[[Sliders]]'', "Virtual Slide": On a world where VR headsets are ubiquitous, the guys become addicted and Maggie has to enter their fantasies to pull them out. She's mortified to find a simulation of herself in bed with Quinn, but it forces them to confront their longtime [[UST]]. {{spoiler|Just as they're about to kiss, Maggie wakes up and learns that ''she'' was the only one who entered VR, the episode to date was a simulation of how she perceives her friends, and ''Quinn saw everything.'' The UST resumes, more awkwardly than ever.}}

* If [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]] count, then the, ahem, relationship between John Connor and Cameron in ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' definitely does. It doesn't help that Cameron can adopt the personality of Allison Young, who is implied to [[~~May-December~~ Romance|have been in a relationship]] with Future John Connor.

* If [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]] count, then the, ahem, relationship between John Connor and Cameron in ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' definitely does. It doesn't help that Cameron can adopt the personality of Allison Young, who is implied to [[May–December Romance|have been in a relationship]] with Future John Connor.

* ''[[The X-Files]]''. When Mulder travels back in time on a luxury liner trapped in the Bermuda Triangle, he encounters [[And You Were There|his colleagues and enemies]] in the guise of various [[World War II]] protagonists, one of whom happens to be OSS agent Scully in a [[Lady in Red|red cocktail dress]]. Just before he makes his [[Prisoner of Zenda Exit]], Mulder grabs her for a passionate kiss "[[Now or Never Kiss|just in case I never see you again]]." Scully of course responds [[Kiss Kiss Slap|somewhat differently]].

* An episode of the more recent ''[[Outer Limits]]'' series involved a man who'd survived a nuclear holocaust with only holographic [[A Is]] for company, including a particular character that his habitat AI used as her avatar. He can occasionally have physical contact via a body-encasing VR chamber, and uses this for sex. Then he makes the mistake of doing this with the habitat AI, and though it's just a fling to him, she falls in love with him. Oops.

** The ending even plays with the trope a little as {{spoiler|the AI creates a virtual copy of the man then is implied to play out their entire (possible, virtual) future lives as a couple whilst the real man is trapped in his bunker, watching this happen}} turning it into [[Kiss Me, I'm Virtual]] ''squared''.

** The ending even plays with the trope a little as {{spoiler|the AI creates a virtual copy of the man then is implied to play out their entire (possible, virtual) future lives as a couple whilst the real man is trapped in his bunker, watching this happen}} turning it into Kiss Me, I'm Virtual ''squared''.

** Another episode of the ''[[Outer Limits]]'' has a man who, through an advanced AI, can enter people's unconsciousness when they are in a coma. He uses this to bring several people out. When the woman he loves (but who he has never told) enters a coma, he uses the computer to enter her unconscious. They start having a relationship in the simulation, but a weird monster appears in the simulation. At the climax, we find {{spoiler|the AI created a simulation of her and, in trying to kill the fake, he has killed the real woman}}

* ''[[Angel]]''. Illyria offers this opportunity to Wesley, but even though it's clear he's tempted Wes repeatedly refuses {{spoiler|until he's at the point of death, whereupon he lets Illyria 'lie' to him -- she shapeshifts into his dead [[Love Interest]] Fred and kisses him, saying they'll be together in the afterlife.}}